• nifty
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    158 months ago

    Trump has never won the popular vote, his 2016 victory was based on highly gerrymandered areas with low populations and a high number of electoral votes. America is being held hostage by wealthy donors.

    • FundMECFSOP
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      -58 months ago

      Yet he was leading in popular vote pols for a solid 9 months before Biden dropped out. If Biden had stayed, he would likely have won the popular vote.

      • nifty
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        78 months ago

        We’ll never know, the only “poll” which matters is the election.

        • FundMECFSOP
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          -28 months ago

          A poll is just an estimate. Obviously we will never know. But were the election held a couple months ago (vs Biden) Trump would have about an 85% chance of winning according to the best statistical models. (Source: used to work as data scientist for a major pollster and obsess over this stuff for fun)